Turn Up The FREAKuency 2, Release Your Inner WILD

Turn Up The FREAKuency 2, Release Your Inner WILD is a yoga retreat at Xinalani Retreat in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico, led by Jenn Dashem, E-RYT 500. It is a week of creative movement, breath focus, meditation and time in an ocean-front jungle, made for people who want to loosen the grip of perfectionism, guilt and daily noise and reconnect with a more playful, curious way of being.

The retreat grew out of demand: a first week with Jenn sold out, and a second week was added. It is built around self-kindness and laughter as much as around practice, with an emphasis on safety, comfort and body-positivity.

What to Expect

The days follow a steady rhythm. Coffee and snacks come first thing in the morning, then morning meditation and yoga from 8:00 to 9:30 am, followed by breakfast. The middle of the day is left open around a late lunch from 2:30 to 3:30 pm. Evening yoga runs from 5:15 to 6:15 pm, and dinner is served from 7:30 to 8:30 pm.

The practice leans on creative movement, breath work and nature immersion, with the aim of releasing held-back energy and returning to a raw, playful curiosity. Yoga happens in open-air studios. The week also includes a sound bath, a guided jungle trek, and time to kayak and snorkel. Meditation classes are part of the program alongside the daily yoga.

About Jenn Dashem

Jenn Dashem completed her yoga teacher training at Lotus Seed in Portland, Oregon, in 2009. She went on to co-found Karma Farm yoga studio in Walla Walla, Washington, where she also taught yoga fundamentals and philosophy at Whitman College. Today she teaches in Central Pennsylvania, leads private sessions and offers employee wellness classes for corporations. She is the owner of Dancing Tiger, Movement & Meditation, and leads retreats locally and abroad.

Jenn has presented at yoga festivals including The Yoga Round Up in Pendleton, Oregon, and YogaFest in State College. With her husband, Matt, she makes up the music duo Anchor&Arrow, who accompany many yoga special events. Her teaching draws on yoga, meditation, sound healing and mindful movement, and she brings a light touch, big breath and a lot of humor. She describes herself as a lifelong student of all the disciplines of yoga.

The Setting

Xinalani sits in the jungle along the ocean near Puerto Vallarta. Guests reach the retreat center by boat, and airport transfers and the boat ride are included. Lodging ranges from shared palapas, with four people to a room, to double or single rooms in Deluxe Rooms, Eco Chic Suites and beachfront Beach Casitas. Several of these come with open-air or air-conditioned options. The stay is seven nights.

Meals are prepared by chefs, with three healthful meals served daily, plus coffee, tea, fruit and granola.

Before You Go

No required experience level is stated, and the emphasis on play and self-kindness suggests a welcoming approach. The price covers your chosen accommodation, three meals a day, coffee, tea, fruit and granola, daily yoga and meditation classes, airport transfers and the boat ride to the retreat center, all taxes, kayak use, snorkel equipment, the jungle trek and the sound bath.